Telluride snared an amazing 22 inches in 24 hours. Too bad they close next week. Snow fell at a rate of two to four inches per hour throughout the area Friday evening and night. Below are three images, courtesy of the resort, that are heartbreakers for any skier or snowboarder who can't make it down there before the lifts stop running after Easter. I'm one of them!
Other San Juan ski areas also have been slammed this season -- and in the ski/snowboard world, being slammed is a good thing. Silverton Mountain, which netted 20 inches out of that storm and boasts a 125-inch base (that's more than 10 feet), remains open until April 28. Durango Mountain Resort is also about to end weekday operations but, with a 66-inch base, they extended their season to operate every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through April, conditions permitting. Wolf Creek operates seven days a week through April 4, then the next two Saturdays and Sundays.
Ski areas closer to the populous Front Range stay open longer, but somehow, it's especially sad to see a premature end to the season in the San Juans.
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